On June 9 at Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park, you’ll learn how to get outside. Not just sit in a lawn chair on your desk, really get outside.

Courtesy of Great Rivers Greenway

Everybody’s invited to the Life Outside Festival—all ages, free of charge, 10 am – 4 pm. You can learn how to clamber into a kayak with a modicum of grace, refine your tree-climbing skills, stand up for paddle boarding, climb rocks without embarrassing yourself.

Like the outdoors itself, the festival’s free and inclusive, adventure just waiting for you.

The third annual Life Outside Festival, this one’s sponsored by Great Rivers Greenway and Terrain Magazine and expected to draw 5,000 people. Food trucks (nearly a dozen) will be on site, sunscreen’s free, and everything’s sustainable: composting and recycling and drinking water in reusable bottles. Shuttles will run from three MetroLink stations (North Hanley, Civic Center, and Shrewsbury). And if you register, you’ll get a printed Life Outside Guide to use year-round.

Preregister here to skip the line. You can pick up your festival packet at the Great Rivers Greenway Visitor Center, 6178 Delmar.